20 episodes
Bed of Lies The Telegraph
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- Society & Culture
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4.8 • 179 Ratings
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It was meant to be a miracle treatment, but it became a deadly poison. Cara McGoogan investigates the story they didn't want you to know - and one of the biggest medical disasters in history.
The award-winning first series of Bed of Lies is also available to listen to on this feed: They have the perfect relationship, until one day he vanishes. Her hunt leads to other women just like her - and a web of state-spun lies. This is the untold story of one of Britain's biggest secrets.
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1 - Infection
Two young couples, two shock diagnoses. Our story begins with Clair, Bryan, Frankie and Joe - and four young lives turned upside down.
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2 - Experimentation
Medicine is a game of risk, and few have seen the cost of getting it wrong as clearly as one group of boys. Whispers, a terrifying newspaper headline and then a stark message: a deadly virus is in their school.
Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/bedoflies |
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Get in touch: podcasts@telegraph.co.uk and on Twitter @cjmcgoogan |
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3 - Confrontation
Sadness turns to anger; anger to action. The survivors fight back, but for each confrontation, there's a coverup.
Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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Get in touch: podcasts@telegraph.co.uk and on Twitter @cjmcgoogan |
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4 - Fabrication
If you knock on enough doors, eventually one will open. Tireless investigators trace the infected blood from the arms of people with haemophilia back to the room where it all began – in that American prison.
Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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Get in touch: podcasts@telegraph.co.uk and on Twitter @cjmcgoogan |
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5 - Violation
Plasma is a life saver - and a lucrative industry. One that made fortunes and cost lives. But what was really going on behind closed doors? A whistleblower reveals all.
Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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6 - Retribution, Part 1
A letter leads to a lawsuit – and a big development in our story. After years of feeling silenced, British survivors are making their voices heard. But will those accountable finally listen?
Read Cara’s notebook: www.telegraph.co.uk/notebook |
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Get in touch: podcasts@telegraph.co.uk and on Twitter @cjmcgoogan |
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Customer Reviews
Really good
Really enjoyed this podcast. So interesting and shocking.
Fabulously researched and delivered
This is one of the best podcasts I have listened to. Faultlessly delivered and what became clear, well researched. It’s content undeniably sad and a reminder to how we blindly trust that the medical industry, scientists and pharmaceutical companies know what they are doing, and sometimes they don’t. When they don’t, the consequences are huge. I was stunned by the handling of it by government and how these people were treated by other humans.
High quality- but a strong suggestion.. add trigger warnings
Only a few episodes in; fascinating and well done thus far.
A big suggestion though- please, please add a trigger warning at the start of each episode briefly mentioning nature of content covered in the podcast. Some incredibly heavy content that warrants addition of TW’s so people can choose whether to proceed given nature or content. Disappointed that for such a good podcast they haven’t been added.